Improvement in boat-detaching apparatus



To all whom it may concern 'cited Ctatra @aient @Wina Letters Patent No. 99,922, dated February 15, 1870.

- IMPROVEMENT IN BOAT-DETACHIG- APPARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in there Letters Patent and. making part of the name Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. LORD, of Surry,

vcounty of Hancock, Stateof Maine, have invented an Improvement for Holding-and Detaching Boats onv board Steamships, Sailing, or other Vessels, called Eureka Boat-Detacliing Apparatus;7 and I do declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference bei-ng had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my improvementconsists in provid- 'ing a cheaper, simpler and more convenient method of `detaching a boat from a vessels side in case of necessity, as in a storm, when the vessel is in dangerof sinking and the boat is necessary to preserve life; or when a man is overboard and a boat is Wanted without a A moments delay. By means of my invention the boat can be instantly detached.

Toenable others skilled in the art to make andv use my invention, I' will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In Figure 1, A represents the stern part of the boat.

B represents the socket for holding the hook C.

O is the hook which holds the boat when 'confined 0n board the ship.

stern post.

E is the lever which confines the hook C and keeps it in its place.-

E is the rivet which confines the socket B and lever Etto the bolt D.

Gis the rivet which confines the hook C to the.

socket B.

H is the rope which contines the lever E to the block of Wood I.

This figure, (1,) represents the whole device at rest on board ship with the boat suspended.

Figure 2 represents the device with the boat detached. The lever E is lifted and the hook G is opened, Vand thus the -boat is released from its confinement.

I do not claim a patent on the hook alone.

What I claim as my invention is- The arrangement of the socket B and hook C, as combined and arranged with the bolt D, lever E 'and block I, for the purpose above described and substantially in the manner above set forth.

Witnesses: l SAM. L. LORD.

B. W. WILLIAMS,v p W. B. LoRlNG. 

